The group's basic philosophy: "Most of the problems we have in America today, from cost-prohibitive government regulation to unchecked violent crime, can be traced back to activist lawyering by well-entrenched organizations committed to promoting an agenda through court action, new regulation, and enforcement activity, and advocacy-educational campaigns."
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Haley Barbour |
Politician |
22-Oct-1947 |
|
Governor of Mississippi, 2004-12 |
| Joe Barton |
Politician |
15-Sep-1949 |
|
Congressman, Texas 6th |
| Judy Biggert |
Politician |
15-Aug-1937 |
|
Congresswoman, Illinois 13th |
| Kenneth Blackwell |
Government |
28-Feb-1948 |
|
Ohio Secretary of State, 1999-2007 |
| John Boehner |
Politician |
17-Nov-1949 |
|
Speaker of the US House, 2011-15 |
| Henry Bonilla |
Politician |
2-Jan-1954 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1993-2007 |
| Sam Brownback |
Politician |
12-Sep-1956 |
|
Governor of Kansas |
| Jim Bunning |
Politician |
23-Oct-1931 |
|
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Richard Burr |
Politician |
30-Nov-1955 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina |
| Dan Burton |
Politician |
21-Jun-1938 |
|
Congressman, Indiana 5th |
| Dave Camp |
Politician |
9-Jul-1953 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 4th |
| Saxby Chambliss |
Politician |
10-Nov-1943 |
|
US Senator from Georgia |
| Christopher Cox |
Politician |
16-Oct-1952 |
|
Chairman of the SEC |
| Larry Craig |
Politician |
20-Jul-1945 |
|
US Senator from Idaho, 1990-2009 |
| Michael Crapo |
Politician |
20-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Idaho |
| Barbara Cubin |
Politician |
30-Nov-1946 |
|
Congresswoman from Wyoming, 1995-2009 |
| Tom Davis |
Politician |
5-Jan-1949 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 1995-2008 |
| Tom DeLay |
Politician |
8-Apr-1947 |
|
Former House Majority Leader |
| Mike DeWine |
Politician |
5-Jan-1947 |
|
Attorney General of Ohio |
| Joseph E. diGenova |
Government |
c. 1945 |
|
US Attorney, District of Columbia, 1983-88 |
| Viet Dinh |
Government |
22-Feb-1968 |
|
USA PATRIOT Act mastermind |
| William Donohue |
Activist |
18-Jul-1947 |
|
Catholic League president |
| John Doolittle |
Politician |
30-Oct-1950 |
|
Congressman from California, 1991-2009 |
| David Dreier |
Politician |
5-Jul-1952 |
|
Congressman, California 26th |
| John Duncan |
Politician |
21-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 2nd |
| Robert Ehrlich |
Politician |
25-Nov-1957 |
|
Governor of Maryland, 2003-07 |
| Frank Fahrenkopf |
Business |
28-Aug-1939 |
|
CEO, American Gaming Association |
| Mark Foley |
Politician |
8-Sep-1954 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1995-2006 |
| Paul Gillmor |
Politician |
1-Feb-1939 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1989-2007 |
| Bob Goodlatte |
Politician |
22-Sep-1952 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 6th |
| Kay Granger |
Politician |
18-Jan-1943 |
|
Congresswoman, Texas 12th |
| Chuck Grassley |
Politician |
17-Sep-1933 |
|
US Senator from Iowa |
| Mark Green |
Politician |
1-Jun-1960 |
|
US Ambassador to Tanzania |
| Michael S. Greve |
Activist |
c. 1958 |
|
Co-Founder, Center for Individual Rights |
| Dennis Hastert |
Politician |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1999-2006 |
| Orrin Hatch |
Politician |
22-Mar-1934 |
|
US Senator from Utah |
| Joel Hefley |
Politician |
18-Apr-1935 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1987-2007 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison |
Politician |
22-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from Texas |
| Henry Hyde |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
29-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1975-2007 |
| Sam Johnson |
Politician |
11-Oct-1930 |
|
Congressman, Texas 3rd |
| Walter B. Jones |
Politician |
10-Feb-1943 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 3rd |
| John Kasich |
Politician |
13-May-1952 |
|
Governor of Ohio |
| Sue Kelly |
Politician |
26-Sep-1936 |
|
Congresswoman from New York, 1995-2007 |
| Pete King |
Politician |
5-Apr-1944 |
|
Congressman, New York 3rd |
| Joseph Knollenberg |
Politician |
28-Nov-1933 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 9th |
| Ray LaHood |
Politician |
6-Dec-1945 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 2009-13 |
| Tom Latham |
Politician |
14-Jul-1948 |
|
Congressman, Iowa 4th |
| Rick Lazio |
Politician |
13-Mar-1958 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1993-2001 |
| Jerry Lewis |
Politician |
21-Oct-1934 |
|
Congressman, California 41st |
| Ron Lewis |
Politician |
14-Sep-1946 |
|
Congressman from Kentucky, 1994-2009 |
| John Linder |
Politician |
9-Sep-1942 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1993-2011 |
| Mary Bono Mack |
Politician |
24-Oct-1961 |
|
Congresswoman, California 45th |
| Buck McKeon |
Politician |
9-Sep-1938 |
|
Congressman, California 25th |
| Gary Miller |
Politician |
16-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman, California 42nd |
| Sue Myrick |
Politician |
1-Aug-1941 |
|
Former Congresswoman, North Carolina |
| Charlie Norwood |
Politician |
27-Jul-1941 |
13-Feb-2007 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2007 |
| Ted Olson |
Government |
11-Sep-1940 |
|
US Solicitor General, 2001-04 |
| Michael Oxley |
Politician |
11-Feb-1944 |
1-Jan-2016 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1981-2007 |
| John Peterson |
Politician |
25-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1997-2007 |
| Thomas Petri |
Politician |
28-May-1940 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 6th |
| Chip Pickering |
Politician |
10-Aug-1963 |
|
Congressman from Mississippi, 1997-2009 |
| Daniel J. Popeo |
Attorney |
? |
|
Washington Legal Foundation |
| Deborah Pryce |
Politician |
29-Jul-1951 |
|
Congresswoman from Ohio, 1993-2009 |
| Robert Riley |
Politician |
3-Oct-1944 |
|
Governor of Alabama, 2003-11 |
| Jim Ryun |
Politician |
29-Apr-1947 |
|
Congressman from Kansas, 1997-2007 |
| Richard Samp |
Activist |
c. 1952 |
|
Chief counsel, Washington Legal Foundation |
| Rick Santorum |
Politician |
10-May-1958 |
|
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1995-2007 |
| Richard Scaife |
Activist |
3-Jul-1932 |
4-Jul-2014 |
The Republican George Soros |
| John Shadegg |
Politician |
22-Oct-1949 |
|
Congressman from Arizona, 1995-2011 |
| Mark Souder |
Politician |
18-Jul-1950 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 1995-2010 |
| Ken Starr |
Government |
21-Jul-1946 |
|
Special Prosecutor, Clinton's impeachment |
| Robert S. Strauss |
Diplomat |
19-Oct-1918 |
19-Mar-2014 |
US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 |
| John E. Sununu |
Politician |
10-Sep-1964 |
|
Former US Senator from New Hampshire |
| John Sweeney |
Politician |
9-Aug-1955 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1999-2007 |
| Tom Tancredo |
Politician |
20-Dec-1945 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1999-2009 |
| Charles Taylor |
Politician |
23-Jan-1941 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1991-2007 |
| George Terwilliger |
Attorney |
5-Jun-1950 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 1991-93 |
| Fred Thompson |
Actor |
19-Aug-1942 |
1-Nov-2015 |
Actor turned Senator from Tennessee |
| Dick Thornburgh |
Politician |
16-Jul-1932 |
|
US Attorney General, 1988-91 |
| Fred Upton |
Politician |
23-Apr-1953 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 6th |
| George Voinovich |
Politician |
15-Jul-1936 |
|
Former US Senator from Ohio |
| Zach Wamp |
Politician |
28-Oct-1957 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1995-2011 |
| Bill Weld |
Politician |
31-Jul-1945 |
|
Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97 |
| Curt Weldon |
Politician |
22-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1987-2007 |
| Dave Weldon |
Politician |
31-Aug-1953 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1995-2009 |
| Ed Whitfield |
Politician |
25-May-1943 |
|
Congressman, Kentucky 1st |
| Frank Wolf |
Politician |
30-Jan-1939 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 10th |
